Dear Amy by Helen Callaghan ($32.99, Michael Joseph) Out August 1
As the agony aunt for the local paper, Margot Lewis receives all manner of letters, every day. But her latest, in which a girl who has been missing for almost two decades writes in claiming she’s been kidnapped, is something altogether new. Margot is drawn into a world, and a crime, she never asked for.

Miss You by Kate Eberlen ($29.99, Mantle) Out July 26
Tess and Gus are soul mates who’ve never met. Both are holidaying with their respective families in Florence, Italy – with major life changes around and ahead of them – and for one day, their paths criss-cross before they each return to England. Over the course of the next sixteen years, the universe has big plans for the pair, but it’s not quite clear to either of them…yet.

All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker($29.99, Harlequin) Out August 15
Jenny was the victim of a horrific attack, one which she only managed to recover from with an experimental treatment which removed her memory of the event. But things have changed: her father is hell bent on finding her attacker, her mother is in denial, and Jenny herself is a shadow of who she used to be. The only way to move forward may be to go back.

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue ($29.99, Fourth Estate) Out August 22
Having sold at auction for seven figures (the highest advance ever paid to an African author) there’s a lot of hype around this debut. Set in NYC, circa 2007, amidst a city of aspiration. Jende Jonga, his wife Neni and their young son, recently migrated from Cameroon, find themselves drawn into the world of the city’s financial elite.

Falling: A Love Story by Jane Green ($29.99, Macmillan) Out July 26
Emma Montague bailed on her fancy, but boring, English life to relocate to New York. Finding immediate happiness, and a success in the world of finance, eight years later she realises she’s once again in a place she doesn’t want to be. Answering an online ad, she relocates to a quaint beach cottage in Connecticut and plans to make fixing it up her soul-reviving project. Enter landlord/local handyman/hot, nice guy Dominic.

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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover ($29.99, Simon & Schuster) Out August 1
A love story that echoes the messy, sometimes painful truth of the matter, it follows Lily, an ambitious Bostonian who meets a good-looking neurosurgeon, Ryle Kincaid, and feels like all her cards have fallen into place. Of course, then her old flame Atlas Corrigan (side note: do people really have names like this?!) and things start to get messy.

Show Me A Mountain by Kerry Young ($36.99 Bloomsbury Circus) Out August 1
Fay Wong has grown up privileged in Jamaica – her Chinese immigrant father created his own wealth, while her African heritage mother grew up on a plantation – but as she becomes a woman, she begins to rebel against her limited independence. While her mother seeks to marry her off, Fay’s country struggles under its own oppression.

The Regulars by Georgia Clark ($29.99, Simon & Schuster) Out August 1
Tagged as ‘a Dorian Grey for the Girls generation’ this wickedly funny tome has three NYC 20-somethings discovering a magic tincture that temporarily improves their lives. ‘Pretty’, as the potion is called, turns each woman supermodel gorgeous for a week, presenting them with the kind of incredible opportunities you’d imagine only get handed out to VS models. Naturally, all is not as it seems.

Acts of Love by Talulah Riley ($32.99, Hodder & Stoughton) Out August 9
Kind of a spin on every romantic comedy you’ve ever seen and loved, this debut novel sees journo Bernadette charming powerful men into a false sense of security, and then writing exposes on them. It’s all going well until she meets her match in Radley Blake, a guy who has her all figured out from the start.

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Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall ($24.99, Black Inc.) Out August 1
Based on a true story from the 1880s, best friends Kate and Harriet are the daughters of the lighthouse keepers on an isolated Australian cape. When fisherman McPhail arrives and sparks ignite between him and Harriet, Kate is left envious and yearning. It takes one moment to change the course of their lives forever.

The Science of Appearances by Jacinta Halloran ($29.99, Scribe) Out August 29
A coming-of-age story set in 1950s Melbourne, it follows twins Dominic and Mary who couldn’t be less alike. Dom is shy and introspective; Mary is impulsive and artistic. Mary escapes their country town to live in Melbourne, while Dom is burdened with family responsibility. While each takes a very different path in life, they find themselves irrefutably drawn back together.